Harper ReedInterview
Technologist (Threadless, Barack Obama)
Adapted from Harper Reed's interview on Uses This, published 1 February 2012. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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Recently, because I fell in love with the MacBook Air form factor, I migrated away from the Lenovo and Ubuntu in favor of a tiny happy 11" MacBook Air (i7).
My daily driver is an black on black Chrome Buran bag.
I sometimes travel using an EOD mini utility bag.
Recently a friend picked up a Defy Urban Cowboy bag.
Inside of these bags, my air lives in its own Pack and Smooch Hampshire pouch.
I wrap up my Air power cord using the Quirky PowerCurl (I love it because it is handy and crowdsourced).
At work I listen to a pair of AiAiAi TMA-1 powered by a candy tin headphone amp.
At home I listen to a pair of Grado SR60i.
I carry in my bag a pair of Shure SE115 earphones for use when commuting or flying.
For a mobile communications, my primary device is an iPhone 4S.
This enables me to switch between my Android phone (a well-used Nexus S on T-mobile) and my iPhone whenever I feel like it.
Communication
One of my favorite killer apps is partychat.
It works with Google Talk and is VERY simple.
Productivity
Browser
To browse the interwebs, I use Google Chrome.
Coding & Development
Media
I use iTunes to listen to locally stored music.
I also listen to Rdio when I am lazy.
I listen to Hype Machine more often than I should.
Storage
I use Simplenote to keep track of random thoughts on my phone.
Other
In the past, I have relied on a trusty Lenovo X series laptop running Ubuntu that I carry with me and then a workstation at home that is some form of MacBook Pro/Mac Mini.